The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-26

through the whole winter, rather than to
lose them. have known others, who have
no cellars, TO place their plants in wash
Tub during the extreme cold weather, cover
item with papers and quilts, and get up
once or twice every night to stir up and re
plenish the fire, and TO lose them at last by
a sudden blizzard that came down while
they slept. 1t really is pitiable TO see
hard-working woman regarding with silent
sorrow the frozen forms of her pet plants.
She tries hard 10 keep back the tears from
fear of being laughed at, but she feels badly
enough 70 ''cry her eyes out
These women are not "cranksh as many
men seem to think. They love the beauti-
full forms and fragrant blooms, the echoes
of bright, sunny summer days now gone;
and only the hari-tisted, soulless thing,
who is so devoted 10 self or money as to be
fit only for the companionship OF hyenas
will think of sneering at them.
have seen quite number of contrivan-
ces for keeping plants from freezing, nearly
all of which were kept warm by the heat
from a lamp, and therefore dangerous 70
have in house; hut / have lately been
shown one that is perfectly safe, and also
compact and convenient. 1t is a box. three
feet square and two feet deep, made OF COM
mon pine boards. 1t has a close fitting
cover, and the whole interior is lined
paper. In one corner is galvanze
iron tank, with filling tube at one side of
the top, which projects through the side of
the box and turns up two inches, and fau-
Get at the bottom, which also projects
through the side of the box. The tank holdt
nearly three bucketfuls of water, and its top
is covered with several thickneSseS of paper
held down by board, which serves as a
shelf for small plauts. Between the tank and
sides of the hoy "a SpVRlsal additional SnaafS
of paper. All this extra padding is intended
TO prevent the escape of heat in the wrong
direction, and it seems TO do this effectively.
Nine tenths of the heat from the tank is
radiated into the box where it is wanted,
and aS it escapes very slowly the interior is
kept warm a long time, even when the cold
outside is intense.
The water in the tank is heated by draw
ing off one fourth to one-halt of il, and re
placing with a like quantity boiling hot.
And it is necessary TO exercise some care
that the safe is not made too hot inside for
the plants.
The home of the owner of this plant-safe
Is in bleak location and the Thermometer
sometimes falls to 20& below zero ir the
room where her flowers are kept; yet she
never has had one injured by h'ost since
she began TO use this safe During the day
time the plants occupy shelves and brackets
in sunny window, and at night are placed
in the safe, which stands in a corner near by.
In very severe weather she sometimes
keeps the plants in the safe several days at
time, raising the cover little during the
day to admit air, and sprinkling them with
water occasionally. She also keeps a small
pan filed with water in the safe, to supply
moisture for the leaves and prevent them
from whiting. just before retiring she puts
kettleful of boiling water into the tank,
shuts down the cover, and no matter how
the winds may howl and the snow fly,
she knows her plants are perfectly safe
| from harm.
She has the box nicely papered ON the out
| side, and ornamented with chromos cut from
catalogues, so that it is quite a neat piece Of
furniture. 1t stands ON legs, about four
| inches long, with casters attached, and it
can be moved about the room as readily as
a table.
1t is such a cheap. simple, easily con
structed aft ir that every person who loves
flowers, and finds it difficult to keep them
in cold weather, should have one. 1t is as
safe as bucket of water. and any one pos
sesSed of common sense can manage il.